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First Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi to be ready by end 2017

ABU DHABI: The first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi will be ready to welcome worshippers by the end of 2017, a businessman overseeing the project said yesterday. The temple is being built on land donated by the government of Muslim Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Hindus currently travel to Dubai, the UAE’s tourism and commercial hub more than 100 km away, to perform prayers.The government announced it was allocating land to build the...

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cries during the opening ceremony of the 9th Eurasian Islamic Council yesterday. - AFP

Turkish President Erdogan to Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi: 'Know your place'

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cries during the opening ceremony of the 9th Eurasian Islamic Council yesterday. - AFPISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday snubbed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's criticism of the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq ahead of a planned operation to retake Mosul city, urging him to "know your place". "He is insulting me personally. You are not my interlocutor, you are not...

In this file photo released by a militant website, young boys known as the ‘lion cubs’ hold rifles and Islamic State group flags as they exercise at a training camp

EU prisons a breeding ground for jihadists

LONDON: Prisons in Europe are becoming "breeding grounds" for jihadist groups, with some criminals seeing violent extremism as a form of redemption for their crimes, a report by a British think tank published yesterday said. Jihadist and criminal groups are recruiting from the same pool of people, while their social networks are also converging, the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence (ICSR) found, in what...

ADDIS ABABA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) speaks with African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, (4R) next to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (2R) upon arrival to the newly built Peace and Security building, funded by the German Government, at the African Union Headquarters premises. — AFP

Merkel visiting Ethiopia as state of emergency unfolds - Visit highlights global migration crisis, security issues

ADDIS ABABA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) speaks with African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, (4R) next to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (2R) upon arrival to the newly built Peace and Security building, funded by the German Government, at the African Union Headquarters premises. — AFPADDIS ABABA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled support for protesters demanding wider freedoms in Ethiopia during a visit...

LAHORE: This file photo taken on June 28, 2016 shows Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch arriving for a press conference. — AFP

No forgiveness for brother who killed Pakistani star

LAHORE: This file photo taken on June 28, 2016 shows Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch arriving for a press conference. — AFPISLAMABAD: The father of murdered Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch has vowed no forgiveness for his son, who killed his daughter on the pretext of "honor", after her death cast a global spotlight on the practice. Pakistan last week passed long-awaited legislation aimed at closing loopholes which...

SITTWE: In this photograph taken on October 9, 2016, a man suspected of being one of the attackers in recent border raids is taken to a police station. — AFP

Myanmar buries slain police in Rakhine as troops pour in - Mobs armed with knives and homemade weapons

SITTWE: In this photograph taken on October 9, 2016, a man suspected of being one of the attackers in recent border raids is taken to a police station. — AFPYANGON: Myanmar's border guard yesterday buried nine officers killed in mysterious raids in the western state of Rakhine, as the military tightened control over a region long scarred by violence between Buddhists and Muslims. Uniformed officers carried the wooden coffins draped with...

AMSTERDAM: France’s Kevin Gameiro, center, falls after colliding with Netherlands’ Jeffrey Bruma, right, during the World Cup Group A qualifying soccer match in the ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday. — AP

Pogba’s swirling shot hands France victory over Dutch

AMSTERDAM: France’s Kevin Gameiro, center, falls after colliding with Netherlands’ Jeffrey Bruma, right, during the World Cup Group A qualifying soccer match in the ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday. — APAMSTERDAM: France lived up to its billing as favorite in World Cup qualifying Group A by beating the Netherlands 1-0 Monday, thanks to a long-range strike by midfielder Paul Pogba and a late save by Hugo Lloris. Sweden,...

INDORE: India’s Test cricket team poses with the ICC Number 1 Test cricket team trophy, after winning the three Test cricket match series against New Zealand at The Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore yesterday. —AFP

Pujara, Ashwin lead India to series sweep - India tops Test rankings

INDORE: India’s Test cricket team poses with the ICC Number 1 Test cricket team trophy, after winning the three Test cricket match series against New Zealand at The Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore yesterday. —AFPINDORE: Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed seven wickets to lead India’s whitewash of New Zealand as the hosts romped to a 321- run victory on day four of the third and final Test yesterday. Ashwin with career-best match figures...

LAS VEGAS: Tennis player Maria Sharapova competes in the World Team Tennis Smash Hits charity tennis event benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation at Caesars Palace on Monday in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP

Sharapova returns to court in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS: Tennis player Maria Sharapova competes in the World Team Tennis Smash Hits charity tennis event benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation at Caesars Palace on Monday in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFPLAS VEGAS: Maria Sharapova returned to the tennis court for two exhibition matches on Monday, her first appearance since testing positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January. The Russian former world number one...

ROME: The president of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), Giovanni Malago (L), speaks next to Diana Bianchedi, director of Rome’s bid and Luca Pancalli (C), president of the Italian paralympics committee during a press conference yesterday in Rome. Malago put a definitive end to Rome’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games after the city’s newly elected mayor refused to support the project. “I wrote to the International Olympic Committee today to withdraw Rome-2024 from the running,” Malago told a specially convened press conference. —AFP

Italian Olympic Committee suspends Rome’s 2024 bid

ROME: The president of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), Giovanni Malago (L), speaks next to Diana Bianchedi, director of Rome’s bid and Luca Pancalli (C), president of the Italian paralympics committee during a press conference yesterday in Rome. Malago put a definitive end to Rome’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games after the city’s newly elected mayor refused to support the project. “I wrote to the International Olympic Committee...

Al-Nahedh receiving KFH awards

KFH bags top three prestigious awards - Global Finance Magazine recognition at IMF/World Bank meetings

Al-Nahedh receiving KFH awardsKUWAIT: Global Finance Magazine has awarded Kuwait Finance House (KFH) the "Best Islamic Financial Institution in GCC 2016", "Best Islamic Project Finance Provider 2016" awards, and "Best Islamic Financial Institution in Turkey 2016" for KFH-Turkey as part of the prestigious Magazine's awards for the World's Best Islamic Financial Institutions in 2016. KFH has been honored at an awards ceremony conducted during...

Khaled Eissa Al-Failakawi

Khaled Al-Failakawyi head of KIB’s Disclosure Unit

Khaled Eissa Al-FailakawiKUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) announced the appointment of Khaled Eissa Al-Failakawi as head of the Disclosure Unit at the Bank. Al-Failakawi will be leading the unit in its mission to implement the highest standards of transparency, as per the best practices and standards in corporate governance.In accordance with the regulations on corporate governance issued by the Central Bank of Kuwait on 19th June 2012,...

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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos

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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP

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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP

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GAZA: A woman mourns over the bodies of children killed in Zionist bombardment on the Hassan Salama and Al-Nasser schools housing displaced Palestinians on Aug 4, 2024 at the at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City. - AFP

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